Europe’s largest man-made beach costing £12m set for popular holiday destination | Travel News | Travel
Europe’s largest artificial beach is set to be heading for a Spanish tourist hotspot.
The beach is expected to accommodate up to 1,000 visitors and will be designed as a two-level structure boasting plenty to keep visitors entertained.
It will be built in Alovera, Spain, which is an hour’s drive away from Madrid, the country’s capital, costing £12 million to complete.
The area will feature an artificial lagoon, children’s pools, slide towers and a sailing school, making it the ideal spot for water activities including kayaking and paddle boarding.
It will also have changing rooms, a gym, medical facilities and an events area – everything you need in one spot.
Around the lagoon, visitors will find a number of new restaurants, including one that will overlook the shores.
The plans were first proposed in 2017 and were meant to open last summer. However, they experienced major setbacks as, according to local media, the plans did not meet the criteria that were laid out.
Alovera’s Town Hall declared the project tender void due to the company responsible for the project excluding several facilities that were in the investment draft.
This included the children’s area, restaurant, gym and car park.
Despite the project being on hold, the website for the beach is still up and running and it claimed that Grupo Rayet, the company behind the beach, will appeal the decision.
If all goes ahead the beach is expected to create 300 jobs and according to the website and that the lagoon will “change the landscape in a revolutionary way.”
The development is also focuses heavily on sustainablity. Grupo Rayet say that the beach will have minimal water consumption and the lagoon will only be filled once and not needing to be refilled because the water will be regenerated.
While the project sounds incredible, it is not known exactly when the beach is set to open and there have been no updates regarding to the plans. But the company believe that five area lesiure park will transform the Alovera and position it “on the European map.”
